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The price we pay : economic and social consequences of inadequate education

"Highlights costs of inadequate education, attaching hard numbers to the relationship between educational attainment and critical indicators as income, health, crime, dependence on public assistance, and political participation. Explores policy interventions to boost the education system's performance and explains why demographic trends are so challenging to educating the nation's youth"--Provided by publisher.

Abstract:

While the high cost of education draws headlines, the cost of not educating America's children goes largely ignored. The Price We Pay remedies this oversight by highlighting the private and public costs of inadequate education.Read more...

Great Tool for Education Research

I am currently doing a senior thesis paper on how summer vacation adversely affects the learning achievement of the poor and possible solutions to this problem. One of the books I read for background on educational policy and the effects of bad education was "The Price We Pay." This book...Read more...

I am currently doing a senior thesis paper on how summer vacation adversely affects the learning achievement of the poor and possible solutions to this problem. One of the books I read for background on educational policy and the effects of bad education was "The Price We Pay." This book offered a unique look at several different studies that analyzed how inadequate education hurts the United States. I found this extremely helpful in my research, as it gave me data and studies to look at to prove the importance of my thesis topic, and to look at how summer vacation plays a role into inadequate education.

This book was primarily written in order to give a better understanding of how poor education affects our country. It was written to be a primer for educators, politicians, and other people interested in why we need to improve education. The information used for the book came from a compilation of academic studies done by scholars and professors from various think tanks and universities. These studies are extremely reliable, because of both the scientific nature of how they were conducted and because of the credibility of the individuals conducting the studies.

Another factor that lends itself to the credibility of the studies is the authority of the editors who compiled them. The editors of the book are professors of economics at Queens College of CUNY (Belfield) and Economics and Education at Columbia University (Levin). These individuals overwhelmingly have the authority to compile the studies within the book to comment on the issues of inadequate education. The book is copyright 2007, which means that all of the studies within the book have been conducted within the past 10 to 15 years. Usually, this timespan for academic studies is very reliable, and speaks to how current the data is and its reliability in applying it to today.

Although this book does not have any specific comments on summer vacation, it does allude to several problems in education, of which summer vacation could be applied to. Ultimately, the book is very helpful and does not leave much out for the scope it attempts to cover. The organization of the book makes it very easy to follow, and gives a good concept of the problems of inadequate education before suggesting solutions. Ultimately, this book is not one that could be easily picked up by any layperson, because of the academic nature of the studies involved. However, it is a great resource for an student, professor, scholar, politician, or education professional interested in learning about how crucial adequate education is to our country's economic and social future.

I am currently doing a senior thesis paper on how summer vacation adversely affects the learning achievement of the poor and possible solutions to this problem. One of the books I read for background on educational policy and the effects of bad education was "The Price We Pay." This book offered a unique look at several different studies that analyzed how inadequate education hurts the United States. I found this extremely helpful in my research, as it gave me data and studies to look at to prove the importance of my thesis topic, and to look at how summer vacation plays a role into inadequate education.

This book was primarily written in order to give a better understanding of how poor education affects our country. It was written to be a primer for educators, politicians, and other people interested in why we need to improve education. The information used for the book came from a compilation of academic studies done by scholars and professors from various think tanks and universities. These studies are extremely reliable, because of both the scientific nature of how they were conducted and because of the credibility of the individuals conducting the studies.

Another factor that lends itself to the credibility of the studies is the authority of the editors who compiled them. The editors of the book are professors of economics at Queens College of CUNY (Belfield) and Economics and Education at Columbia University (Levin). These individuals overwhelmingly have the authority to compile the studies within the book to comment on the issues of inadequate education. The book is copyright 2007, which means that all of the studies within the book have been conducted within the past 10 to 15 years. Usually, this timespan for academic studies is very reliable, and speaks to how current the data is and its reliability in applying it to today.

Although this book does not have any specific comments on summer vacation, it does allude to several problems in education, of which summer vacation could be applied to. Ultimately, the book is very helpful and does not leave much out for the scope it attempts to cover. The organization of the book makes it very easy to follow, and gives a good concept of the problems of inadequate education before suggesting solutions. Ultimately, this book is not one that could be easily picked up by any layperson, because of the academic nature of the studies involved. However, it is a great resource for an student, professor, scholar, politician, or education professional interested in learning about how crucial adequate education is to our country's economic and social future.